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Rough Sleepers
New · Nonfiction, Biography, Medicine

Rough Sleepers

by Tracy Kidder
2023 · 320 pages · Nonfiction
48 New ★ 4.34 on Goodreads · 12K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023). 4.34★ from 12K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

48Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers66 out of 100 · counts 50%+38
  • Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6

Where it ranks

Shortlisted

Reads as

True story

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